MarkMc

Were in the demo.

Work avoidance, lining up everything in a cobbled together over the course of 100 years as built, sides sometimes can't help myself. What I know is limited. Larry among others has one though.

1) Learn to use temp dimensions 2) use the correct template and dim defaults-OOB Kitchen template with NKBA defaults 3) The kitchen and bath industry is broad, room for lots of approaches. Kind of what makes the world go round. My experience differs. When I was laid off in 2010 and went out on my own every dealer was falling over themselves getting in Chinese cabinets. I got two hi-end brands and built a business during the recession around repeat clients-builders, architects, interior designers who came to me because of the level of drawings supplied using Chief. I only ever produced better renderings toward the end of a job, long after it was a done deal and I had a retainer. (Note that I've owned Thea for over a decade, tried all of the freebies out there-I just don't need them for the clients I have) FWIW the majority of dealers I met who carried the same (most expensive) brand I carried use nothing but 2D ACAD. That brand requires full, well done floor plans and CAD drawings of any custom cabinet config, does not support 2020 or any other specific software. Chief made that easy for me. Prior to using CA I used 2020 combined with Envisioneer, TurboCad and Bluebeam PDF Revu. Chief replaced all of that and is faster and easier. Obviously your approach works for you and you're passionate about it but maybe tone it down a bit. Down votes? wasn't me, thought about it but I've never down voted a single person, won't start now. It appears you like the button though, at least there appear to be more of those than usual.

My main interest in the Ryzens was/is having PCIE4 and cores, a minimum of 8. So yes 3800X or 3900X/XT. PCIE 4 doesn't yet make as much difference, there are drives that can use it and the 3000 Nvidia and new Navi cards also support it. Intel is bringing PCIE4 to it's CPUs in the first quarter of 2021. I really don't have any first hand experience and was going to stay out of this-thanks Mick Here's more than you asked for. First off, if it were me. I would first think about just changing the SSD since performance suffers as they get full. IF the MOBO accepts an M.2 I'd get a really good one (look at the 4k numbers not the big numbers) likely PCIE4 and then use it in a new system for the C drive. If not then I'd look at a bigger and at least better, likely used SSD to be used as data storage in the new system. That would buy time to sort out what to get, see exactly what X13 brings, learn if Intel's new CPUs are a better bet and likely give some sort of a performance boost in the interim. This link shows the CPU you are looking only shows an 8% improvement over what you currently have. The GPU has a 22% boost and does RTRT. I'd consider it minimum myself. Link here. While benchmarks are a bit of voodoo, more useful for gamers and marketing they do offer at least a relative idea. BUT those numbers are an aggregate, in Chief your performance gain can be more or less. Without knowing a lot about all of the various parts of the benchmarks it can still be difficult to tell. I jsut whent from a 6700k to a i7-10875H , supposedly a 2% increase. The apparent difference in Chief is better than that, the utilization numbers indicate so mostly due to the much larger increase, 88% in 64-core speed and the extra cores. FWIW I asked CA at IBS about multi-threading and performance and was told that they where doing work on it-no idea how that pans out but the improved performance they showed in the preview for rendering Watercolor w/lines is most welcome. What resources does CA use? Every now and then I check this. Two screen shots from 'CPUID HWMonitor' showing utilization of system in my signature with a moderate, 20mb, house plan. Drive and RAM don't show a lot and not included with this software. (the only reason I have so much RAM is was a small increase and in case I ever get around to trying a RAM drive-we'll see if that happens) first is open exterior elevation from layout (plan and layout already open) note how little the GPU is used with layout, one plan view and the elevation open reset minimum to 0 then opened half a dozen tabs-few interior elevations, plan view and likely one camera (don't remember) Then GPU intensive-same plan open a PBR- my previous system (6700k, GTX980m w/8GB vram) would have pegged both CPU on some cores and GPU at 100% albeit briefly. I tested PBR on one of the worst plans that I have for that- 40mb hospital cafeteria,150 custom symbols and over a dozen textures, plenty of lights. Originally I ended up splitting the plan and used reference sets for both 2d and 3D, furniture on one and the building on another, so I could work. I tested the complete plan not the split ones, it pegged the everything, all cores and the GPU at 100%. I mention it because the other thing I noticed was it use 100% of GPU memory when active or moving around the PBR and the GPU memory never went below 90%. So if doing a lot of PBR work the video memory matters. What a new system needs to be only you can decide that. As Joey said he manages to stay under $1k and has been doing this successfully for a long time. If you check signatures on the forum you will see people using a a very wide range. Noticed one recently that is about 10 yrs old. I normally aim for a 5 year life span (my new system is an exception; intended to build a desktop but gave daughter my field measure laptop and wanted an RTX card NOW :) I figure 1)a target budget-what I'd like, 2) a maximum I'm willing to spend-what I can get my hands on, and 3)what I can get away with and the CFO (wife) will allow. Usually end up in the middle somewhere. Then deduct a 25% tax write off and divide by 5 for annual cost, then 50 for weekly overhead. Joey's system comes down to $150/yr or about $3 per week. I've taken to getting BTO, built to order, machines at around $2500 (give or take 25% depending on budgets 2 and 3). $2500 less 25% tax deduction comes out to $375/yr; $31/month (when I had a showroom rent was $1200/mo) or about $7.50 per week . ROI based on hourly rates: at $75/hr the new system would need to save me 5 hours a year at $100 only 4 hrs a year. I always consider the entire system since I have found that better parts matter to performance, but do lean heavily toward the CPU for Chief. It does appear that X13 will make better use of GPU and the 3000 series appears to be a big boost there. (but with Navi an unknown in Chief and there may be price pressure on whatever RTX 2000 series are still around?) Since I started with BTO laptops I also look at the extras-thermal protection, screen calibration, system burn-in and testing, no bloat ware, never bother with extra warranty any more though...All in all a PIA but that's who I am; just happy that I only have to deal with it every 5 years. As I said more than you asked for...but trust me on the sunscreen

The video indicated that there would be more consistency of materials (and I think they also said lighting?, have to go back and see) between render techniques. At the user group meeting prior to X12 they previewed a new PBR that looked great, though I did not get to play with it. That did not make it into the release. I asked about it at IBS and was told it was dropped from because Apple decided to drop OpenGLand they were redoing the engine. I'm hoping what we get is at least as good as what I saw back then.

For anyone who does not understand how to use the cabinets (which are Here for stand alone ones shown in the following) Here is a typical sequence for configuring the cabinets. Basically you need to select "layout" either vertical or horizontal. IF you use Layouts to split or resize you never have to mess with the beads (which are side panel inset) NOTE one thing you do not want to do is reflect the cabinet. IF you do the beads will be wrong. IF your cabinet supplier prefers that you order individual cabinets and specify them as combined then you will want to use the cabinet at this link These are rarely split, rather placed individually, sized and forced to overlap. This allows a combined cabinet to show up in the schedule as it's individual cabinets instead of one big cabinet. One of these days I may get around to showing setting up a brand catalog using Style Palettes but that's been in my tod list since they came out so don't hold your breadth. I noticed the other day that Renerabbit has a videos that might give you the general idea of using palettes for individual items. (cabinets, windows and doors, panels as RR uses them)

What I created does everything I need quickly and easily. With a template and style palettes I can create a beaded inset kitchen, using any door style, including combined cabinets, with a complete schedule transferred to an order, faster (fewer clicks) than any of the programs you mention. So I don't need Chief to do more with this, I'd rather they work on other things. I don't think you understand how to use what I posted but it sounds like you've found other options that are a better fit, good luck.

I kind of doubt it. How about 2020, Autokitchen, Prokitchen ???, Not that I'm aware of,..not even with a hack ( easy with the uploaded cabinets.) Maybe Cabinetvision, dont know.

Needed these as entire job is surface mount-single switch, 2 gang switch, duplex (2 of em) and quad) Surface Mount Electric.calibz

Thread and link to program Webinar video

NO there is not. Auto door does not change to a double until width of the cabinet is greater than 27". I've sent this in multiple times, used to be at 25" now it's worse. Solutions besides opening the DBX and changing are-replace from library and keep a double 24" there or my current favorite set a cabinet at 24" and double door then create a style palette named Dbl door- I only select Copy face configuration in the palette and not the width so it does not alter the size of the cabinet it's being applied to. In the meantime report it since I don't know of any maker who will supply a door over 24" wide and guarantee it.

Work on second floor. Support posts will generate when framing wall-redo framing for those walls. Doesn't want to lap over the beam so trim all to one side of beam (at least I can't get it lap), then copy the remainders and point to point move them. IF you beam is not centered will need to adjust lengths- trim or extend.

Very little RT currently, more than 70% PBR which I see replacing with RTRT-how do you want it answered?

No not unless you use an EGPU. But why, a 2070 will work fine. Watch the video again they show time differences between the 2.

It's only one piece of the rendering update and nothing more. They said that rest of the rendering update still works with older hardware and Macs. And even some of the GTX cards can do RTRT. I don't understand the complaints? The technology/hardware capable of doing real time ray trace is just over a year old. Should Chief have waited until everyone had a new PC and until Apple finally decides to implement Real time Ray tracing in their OS and have suitable cards? I think it's pretty cool that they got it in the works this fast. FWIW I've mentioned the likely need for RTX cards in any thread about new machines that I posted to in the last 8 months. If you have a desktop and the MOBO will support it you can get an RTX 2060 for under $300 even better still a 3070 for around $500. Laptops don't have to be $2k, start around $1200 with RTX 2060, with 2070 at just under $1500 less with the 1000 cards that work. Another option is an EGPU but cost is higher. (I don't think that gets RTRT on Macs if the OS doesn't support it though)

No offense but that basic so - Open the cabinet DBX and hit the F1 key or click help. First check the whole page, then if you haven't seen the answer click on the hyperlink that looks the most promising (hint will be named for what you want to know)

This is not the full viewer that opens a plan file, this is on the web. On a computer nothing needs to be downloaded it opens in a browser-example here On a phone or tablet yes they need to download the free viewer. Michael- Adobe Reader can open 3D PDF and included views, bit fussy to navigate IMO but it works.

No not for a 3D PDF. Open the file I posted and navigate the views to see the differance

I did a few a while back, sample attached. Export from a 3D view; don't remember file type likely dae or 3ds? textures don't matter as 3D pdf won't bring them in. Then opened that in TurboCad and used a plugin for that to get the final 3D PDF which I then annotated in Bluebeam. Not worth the trouble, I don't bother nowadays. Export to Chief 3D viewer file is simpler, faster and does a lot of what a 3D PDF will do except : notes need to be added prior to export and can't dimensions in 3D. Then again a couple of detail drawings on a flat pdf suffice maybe with a 3D view or two and easier for other to mark up if needed. Just my 2 cents. 30 Micro 3D.pdf

Done in Chief- mulled door and fixed panels all set at single height, then mulled window (default level 0), then tabbed into fixed panel to increase height , then other panel. Other settings explode to check dbx- framing rough set to 0, minimum separation to 0 And you can show it open at no extra charge

FWIW if you do much rendering X13 will supposedly be supporting RTX video cards. Would bust your budget though. I tested a 1TB external M2 on usb-c ($150). Small plan is slightly slower to load, barely noticeable. Big plan was noticeable but ok, though I didn't do extensive tests/comparison to working off the C drive. Read speed on external drive is max 1050 Mb/sec, IRL transfering lots of files runs about half that. For referance my C drive is max 3500 mb/s. Only tested plan files.

Left is a cabinet, right is symbol set to insert into wall made from cabinet. Just used strap hinges from library. If you want something better then need to make the hinges. If you want them to open properly need to make the part on the door separate from the part on the casing. There are other ways, this took a few minutes. Shed Door.plan

Take a look at intellect from chaossoftware.com. You'll want to look at it's "Activity series" and possibly "projects". I've used it for over a decade. When I had a lot of scheduling, which often had to be adjusted, I found it easier than Project Management software. Worth a look, trial available, support good by email, price reasonable. Time & Chaos is the same without email.

Have done it often, most often in small kitchens. There are plenty of situations where the net storage is greater killing the corner, as when it allows for a decent size drawer base for pots. Just a matter of doing the math for sq inches of shelf/drawer space. Cleats at wall for counter support of course. Im no help on the OPs question since I use save as (happily)